Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Zeal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zeal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Zeal
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Zeal:
- 39.196462, -82.295984
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Zeal
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Meigs County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Since Zeal is near Vinton County and also Athens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Vinton County
- eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Zeal ...
We found one communities that share the name Zeal.
Within Ohio, the name Zeal is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Zeal in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zeal ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Carpenter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Carpenter is located in Meigs County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carpenter <3>
- Dyesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Hawks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Hope ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Martinsburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Meigs County
- Mineral
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Moonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Pageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Pincher ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Prattsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prattsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsville
- Prattsville is located in Vinton County
- Red Diamond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Diamond
- Red Diamond is located in Vinton County
- Valley Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Ford
- Valley Ford is located in Meigs County
- Welsh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Zeal to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Zeal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Zeal once stood, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Zeal and extending to:
- Pomeroy, which is the Seat of Meigs County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<6> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Zeal to Pomeroy, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Zeal could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zeal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zeal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Zeal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1965, Longitude: -82.2960 In this case, the coordinates for Zeal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <8> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Zeal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.051 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.082 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.881 degrees. |